Tobacco-cutter



' 2 sheets-sheet 1. Julv Bl TOBACCO GUTTER.

No. 400,723. PamnadfaprT 2, 1889.A

(No Model.) 2 sheets-sheer, 2.y

J. B. ADT. TOBACCO GUTTER- No. 400,723.- Patented Apnz, 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT lrrrrcla.

l JoHNpB. lADT, or BALriMoRE, MARYLAND.

TOBACCO-CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of .Letters Patent No. 400,723, dated April 2, 1889.

i Application filed October 4, 1888 Serial No. 287,210. (No model.)

, T LZZ whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOHN B. ADT, of the city of Baltimore and State of Maryland, have invented certain Improvements in Tobacco- Cntters, of which the following is a'specilication.

ThisinVentOn relates to certain improvements inthe invention described in Letters Patent No. 233,829, granted to me on the 2d day ot' N Ovem-ber, 1880, for certain improvements in a tobacco-cutter, to which reference should be had; and it consists in the invention more particularly set forth in the claim. V In the further description of the said invention which follows,reference is made to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, and in which- .Figure l is a transverse section f the improved tobacco-cutter, and Fig. 2 a top view of the same with the upper part of the outer casing removed. 'Fig'. 3 is an enlarged sectional view-of the cutting device. Figli isa view showing one part of the cutting device in section andthe oth er in elevation, and the said two parts separated. Fig. 5 is an under side View of one member of the cutting device.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts in all the views.

Referring to the said drawings, A is the frame of the machine. B is a 'shaft extending transversely of the frame A and resting in suitable bearing-boxes, one of which is shown and denoted by a. On

\ one end of this shaft is secured a driving-pulley, G, which receives its movement from a beltxiNot shown.)

' D D are toothedldisks.or saws on the shaft i3, between a collar, b, and a nut, c.

are spacing-Washers inserted between .the saws to retain them a proper distance apart. The washers between the saws are 0f greater thickness at the periphery, where they come in contact with the saws, than 'at the center, where they. are connected to the shaft, in order that theymay readily adjust themselves to the surfaces of the said saws. By referring to Fig. 4 it will'be seen that the saws are set on the shaft so that the teeth are not on -a line parallel with the shaft, the teeth thereby forming a spiral around the shaft.

F isa b ar fastened transversely of the frame A and on the same horizontal plane as the shaft B.

'G is a combv bolted to the bar F, with'its teeth extending between the saws D. The general direction of the teeth of the comb, as seen in Figs. 1 and 3, is not toward the center of thershaft carrying the saws, but toward the periphery of the spacing-washers. By this arrangement the cutting-edges of the teeth of the saws do not. pass the upper and cutting side of the comb throughout their entire length at once, but meet the root of the teeth iirst, and the cut is therefore of the nature of a shearing cut.. The ends of the comb-teeth also serve as scraper-s to keep the spacingwashers clean and free, from an accumulation of tobacco. The spaces between the teeth of .the comb at its upper surface correspond in width with the thickness of the saws ;.but in order that the edges of the said teeth may have an angle less than a right angle the said spaces are wider at thebaseor bottom of the said comb. (See particularly Fig. 5, which is a View of the under side of the comb.) H is a cylindrical sieve consisting of a piece of wire-cloth attached at its ends to anges d, which are adapted as pulleys to .receive the belts by means of which the sieve is revolved. The sieve H rests upon four wheels or rollers, I, and to prevent displacement of the sieve the anges d are provided with annular projections, e, which fit in grooves in the edges of the rollers. A shaft, J, situated below the sieve, driven by a belt from the shaft B, is used 'to communicate movement to the sieve through the medium of belts f, as shown.

K is a shaker or tray, consisting of a skeleton frame, over which is stretched wire-cloth of a iner mesh than the sieve-wire, which re.- ceives its motion from a crank-shaft, L, driven in any suitable manner. This tray is merely to remove dust from the smoking-tobacco as delivered from the revoluble sieve. The upper part of thesieve is covered by a casing, 95

M,.las shown in Fig. l. This casingis removed -in Fig. 2.

' Parts of the' machine not yet alluded to will be described in the description of the invention which follows: The machine being placed IOO in operation by means of the'driving-pulley, the tobacco to be cut is introduced to the inl terior of the sieve through a hopper, N. As the sieve'revolves, the tobacco contained th erein is elevated, so as to fall on the cutter,which reduces a portion of it to the required size. To enforce the elevation of the tobacco in the rotation of the sieve, inwardly projecting anges are used, one ofwhich is shown in the drawings, Fig. l, and denoted by g. ln' the continued operation of the machine the tobacco which is reduced to the required size by the action of the cutter is discharged through the sieve, .while the larger pieces are elevated to the saws and recut.

In order to increase the eectiveness of the flange gas means for returning tobacco to the cutter, l furnish the bar F with a plate, O, which falls back at an angle, and thereby -extendsfrom catches muon of the tobacco which would otherwise drop beyond the comb, and conducts it to the cutter, where it is recut.

-I claim as my invention- In a machine for cutting tobacco, a series of revoluble saws, combined with a fixed comb placed at an angle with reference to a line drawn from the center of the said saws through the base or support for the said comb,a'de fleeting device which consistsof a plate which comb and falls back at an angle from the vertical, and an inclosing revoluble cylindrical sieve, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

JOHN B. ADT.

Witnesses:

DANL. FISHER,

WM. T. HOWARD.

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